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Perhaps the most striking
example of depth achieved
through motion, however, is
the stereokinetic effect, first
described in 1924 by C. L.
Musatti. If a pattern of
asymmetrically concentric
circles drawn on a disk is
rotated about its center, the
rotation soon leads to a
powerful illusion of depth,
resembling either a truncated
cone sticking out or a tunnel-
like structure receding inward.
Although the method of
generating this effect (namely,
rotating a patterned disk)
differs from that of generating
the kinetic depth effect
(namely, casting shadows of
rotating wire figures), both are
examples of a similar
phenomenon. What they have
in common is the production of
perceptual depth from rotating
displays that yield a
transformation in the retinal
image of the component parts of
the object.
These motion-perspective,
kinetic, and stereokinetic
depth effects are obviously
related to those of motion
parallax. They all have in
common a change in the
projected location of regions
of an object or array relative
to one another, brought about
when the object, the entire
array, or the observer moves.
Research on their differences
from one another, however,
has not yet clarified whether
they should all be regarded as
instances of the same depth
cue.